Women’s all-around on deck

Another morning at the National Indoor Stadium for gymnastics, and another bit of evidence that not only have the Chinese adopted capitalism, they’ve bought in to the time-honored phrase that if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.

It’s the women’s all-around today, and, as with the men, most of the action should be in the top-seeded group. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin of the United States, Jiang Yuyuan and Yang Yilin of China and Anna Pavlova of Russia are in the same group, starting on vault and then moving to uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. Steliana Nistor of Romania, Jade Barbosa of Brazil and Vanessa Ferrari of Italy are other familiar names in the all-around.